Seed and poison pouch



June 12, 1923.

JL M. SALL ADINER SEED AND POISON POUCH Filed July 1 1922 a device ofthis character in whichdusty T 0- all whom it may concern:

Patented June 12, 1923.

f".UNlTfE] STAT JOSEPH M SALADINER, or BRYAN, TEXAS.

. snnn AND POISO1\T POUCH.

Application filed m 1, 192a Serial No. 572,133.

Be it known that I, JosErH M. SA ADINE a citizen of the United States,residing at Bryan, intlie county of'Brazos andState of Texas, haveinvented a new and .useful Seed and Poison Pouch, of which-the followingis a specification. p

This invention relates to :a combined pouch and sifter. 7'

The object of'the invention is to provlde material may be-scooped up andsifted and the dust confined in acontainer which may be closeddust-tight to prevent the contents from escaping to the atmosphere,rendering it particularly useful in connection with poisonous powders.or for sifting out seed and the like which have been treated withpoisonous powders.

Another object is to provide a simple and eflicient combined scoop andsifter, the scoop having a gravity closure equipped with opening meansconveniently located for manipulation by the user. l

Another object is to provide an improved sifter detachably connectedwith the scoop and having means for cooperation with the scoop to clampa container between them.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawing I Figure 1 represents a side elevation of adevice constructed in accordance with this invention with the closureshown in open position. v

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the sifter used in connection with thedevice.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the sifter.

Fig. 4 is a detail transverse section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment illustrated, a container is shown in the form of apouch 1 constructed of any suitable dust-tight material such as canvasor the like, and which is equipped with a handle 2 secured to one sidethereof and having a reduced neck 3 provided with a cord 4 for securingthe mouth of the container after it has been inwardly opening trough'14for a disengaged from the scoop 5 in connection with which it isdesigned to .be used.

, This scoop 5 is made in .thefformof a tubular member, the front end ofwhich is .inclined or beveled transversely as shownat 6 and equipped.with a gravity closure 7 hingedly connected at 8 to the beveled mouthof thescoop, andwhich is adapted to normally drop by gravity into closedposition. on its outer faceand equipped witha later.- ally extending eye9 spaced inwardly from the hlnged connection 8' and with which isengaged a rod 10. for opening the closure.

This rod 10 is mounted to slide in a keeper 11 carried by an arm 12extending laterally This closure 7 as shown is reinforced and thenrearwardly parallel with the inner end'of the scoop 5.

The inner end of scoop 5 has a collar 12. soldered thereto which carriesthe arm 12 and hinge carrying extension8. This collar j and theinner'end of-the scoop havea longitudinally extending slot 13 openingthrough said end and around said end is an annular purpose presently tobe described. v

Detachably mounted in the scoop 5 is a sifter 15 made in the form of atubular member of a cross sectional contour'conforming to that of thescoop 5 in which it is designed to be mounted, and which is open at oneend and closed at the other by a foraminous screen 18, the mesh of whichmay vary I according to the use of the device.

A pair of laterally spaced rods 19 and. 20

arranged in parallel relation over the screened covermg'lS are spacedtherefrom a suitable distance, to permit a plurality ofv heseof a rod 21having at its outer end a finger grip 22 in the form of a loop andequipped at its inner end with spacing'sleeves 21 and 7 nuts 21 to holdthe scrapers 20 assembled.

One side wall of the sifter 15 is apertured as shown at'23 and which isdesigned to register with a cooperating aperture 5 in the inner end ofscoop 5 to receive a screw for detachably connecting the sifter with thescoop. An annular rib 17 is formed onthe outer face of the body of thesifter near its outer end, and is designed to fit in the so that whenthe sifter is inserted in the trough .14 on the inner face of the scoop5 scoop 5, the registering rib and groove will operate to clampinglyengage and to hold between them the mouth of the pouch 1, the cord 4carried by said pouch being threaded through an opening in the scoop asis shown clearly in Fig. 1.

In the use of this device, the pouch or sack 1 is first secured to thescoop 5 by inserting the mouth thereof between the rear end of saidscoop and the sitter 15 and clampingly connecting it between them. Thescrew which secures the sitter to the scoop is then inserted through theregistering apertures 5 and 23 therein, and the device is ready for use.The material to be sifted is scooped up after the closure 7 is opened inthe man- 7 ner shown in Fig. 1, and the closure then drops,confiningwithin-the scoop 5, such material which is sifted byreciprocating the member 21 which operates the scrapers 20 and thesifted material passes through the screen 18 into the pouch 1 andafter-sufficient material has been sifted into said container, it may beremoved from the scoop and the mouth secured by wrapping the cord 4around it so as to prevent all possibility of its contents escaping tothe atmosphere.

After this container 1 has been removed and closed in the manner abovedescribed, another container may be substituted and the operationrepeated.

1. In a device of the class described, a tusure at one end, a sitterremovably mounted in the other end of said member, said sitter andmember one having a ribuand the other a groove to interlockingly engageto hold said members together, and a container having a mouth to fitbetween said sitter and member and be clampingly held thereby.

3. The combination with a tubular member having a sifter removablymounted= therein and comprising a tubular body member open at one endand having a foraminous closure at its other end, a pair of parallellaterally spaced rods arranged over said-closure and spaced therefrom,scrapers mounted to slide on said rods, and'an. actuating ro connectedwith said scrapers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmysignature in the presence of a Witness.-

JOSEPH M. SALADINER-L Witness:

JEFF. FoRRnR.

